Re: Coyote seeing cable restraint.
[Re: FarmerDan]
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01/24/19 08:08 AM
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strike2x
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You have regular intelligent of coyote. Hide the cable as good as you can, keep track to a minimum entering from side not on trail, put them on a downhill part of trail if possible. Just a few things to try.
Wish I had more time to trap....
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Re: Coyote seeing cable restraint.
[Re: FarmerDan]
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01/24/19 08:12 AM
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How many do you have out and how big is the area? Are you sure they are seeing it? What about their sniffers?
Everything the left touches it destroys
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Re: Coyote seeing cable restraint.
[Re: FarmerDan]
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01/24/19 09:22 AM
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Stay out of the trail, do you think yotes are stupid? if you were traveling through the area and walking a trail, it wouldn't send up a red flag, but trappers don't do that. they get on a trail, set a snare, walk a few yards and do it again. Like was said, set from the sid, minimum disturbance, and brush out tracks in the snow. I'll say it again, stay off the trails!
Another thing is the moonlight. Especially with larger cable. Here lately with the full moon, they can see everything....and notice everything. Snaring during the full moon, always slows down, except on dark cloudy nights. Stay in or on your vehickle to check, and use binoculars and check from as far as it takes to be able to see the loop. The vehicle tracks don't put yotes on alert like someone out farting arouund in their territory that they know like you know your own house! Good luck!
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Re: Coyote seeing cable restraint.
[Re: FarmerDan]
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01/24/19 09:42 AM
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The Beav
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^^^^^^^^ This
Listen to what Lee said It's spot on and there Is no reason to walk In the trail.
Hang some flagging close to the cable. When checking stay as far away as possible. If the flagging Is down the you have made a catch. Go In every 4 days or so to see if you have had a knock down. Several snares In a trail will give you more options If you do have a knock down on one snare.
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Re: Coyote seeing cable restraint.
[Re: bctomcat]
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01/24/19 11:50 AM
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Forget the jump sticks. IMO that's your main problem. Agree.Probably a big part of it.
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Re: Coyote seeing cable restraint.
[Re: FarmerDan]
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01/24/19 12:42 PM
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I’m going to pull the jump sticks and see if that helps. Also do you like to neck down the trail as much a possible or leave it more open and how it naturally was? Leave it as natural as possible. Blocking or fencing IMHO is a no/no unless very subtle like blade of grass or a small twig or branch that appears to have fallen in place.
Last edited by bctomcat; 01/24/19 12:48 PM.
The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.
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Re: Coyote seeing cable restraint.
[Re: lee steinmeyer]
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01/24/19 12:55 PM
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Yes sir
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Stay out of the trail, do you think yotes are stupid? if you were traveling through the area and walking a trail, it wouldn't send up a red flag, but trappers don't do that. they get on a trail, set a snare, walk a few yards and do it again. Like was said, set from the sid, minimum disturbance, and brush out tracks in the snow. I'll say it again, stay off the trails!
Another thing is the moonlight. Especially with larger cable. Here lately with the full moon, they can see everything....and notice everything. Snaring during the full moon, always slows down, except on dark cloudy nights. Stay in or on your vehickle to check, and use binoculars and check from as far as it takes to be able to see the loop. The vehicle tracks don't put yotes on alert like someone out farting arouund in their territory that they know like you know your own house! Good luck! Lee I dont do very much snaring but have a question on coyote avoidance in general. If a coyote's "warning system" is alerted to an area where a snare was hung either from the small amount of human odor left when setting the snare or by noticing something not right visually do you think the average coyote will have his alert on guard enough that it would be hard to catch that individual at that set say in the next two weeks?
Last edited by Yes sir; 01/24/19 01:01 PM.
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